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Now that President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the Police and the State Security Service to investigate his wife's alleged public misdemeanor and scolding of the executive governor of Rivers state, Rotimi Amaechi, he should know that what actually transpired at the event in Okrika transcended mere cantankerous outburst but an outright rehearsal of a pre-arranged script given to the first lady and which she had waited for the opportunity to play it out.
                                       
                                        By Senior Fyneface

Jonathan And His Misconducting First Lady

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A 57-year-old Nigerian woman died today on a  airline flight from Lagos to Atlanta. The woman died about an hour before Delta flight 53 was scheduled to land at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia.
                                       
Saharareporters, New York

Nigerian Woman Dies On Delta Airline Flight From Lagos

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In the next few weeks, Nigeria will be 50 years old. I was born in 1956 which means that I am older than Nigeria with four years. I got married in 1990 and have five children, and my first child will leave university next year. At 54 I am a full blown adult with some grey hair on my head.
By Joe Igbokwe

50 Years of Rudderless And Inept Leadership In Nigeria

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Domestic goats are known to be stubborn animals. In a traditional African market, traders wield long sticks as a deterrent to market goats, which roam with the intention of stealing from unsuspecting sellers.
                                       
                                        By Tunde Chris Odediran

Why We Must Whip Babangida Into Submission By Tunde Chris Odediran

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Ottawa LL.M. graduate Gideon Emcee Christian ('08) has been awarded a doctoral fellowship of $105,000 for the next three years from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) to support his thesis, "Sustainable Legal Framework for Transboundary Movement and Management of Electronic Waste."
                                       

Nigerian Student, Gideon Emcee Christian receives SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship

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I have just returned from a  our fatherland. It was a special trip because I managed to travel across the nation by road.

Will the true Nigerian Hero, please stand up?

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In a contemporary Nigeria plagued by anomie, it is hardly surprising to witness the kind of brazen political opportunism and dishonesty that have been on display amongst key elements of the PDP and the civil society in general regarding the zoning arrangement of the ruling party at the centre.
By Aonduna Tondu

2011: President Jonathan And The Anti-Zoning Apostates

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Farida Waziri's recent  the US has enabled her to make a case for her lack luster anti-corruption drive, and to pass the buck.  And the person upon whom she is heaping the blame for her failures is her current boss: 's president, Goodluck Jonathan.
                                       
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Farida Turns On Jonathan, Tells US Officials The President Is Interfering With Anti-Corruption Efforts

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From 26th to 29th of August, Aspen Institut organized the 9th edition of their  Europe-Africa conference that took place in Annecy - France, and the theme for this year's conference was GLOBALISATION AND THE CREATION OF AFRICAN INTERNAL MARKET. Very important people in the decision making of the world that surrounds me attended this conference, and I tell you, never in my life have I felt this out of place, the only young person and the only artiste.
By Qudus ONIKEKU

Youth And Culture As The Mechanism For Africa's Development

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They Won't Even Build Toilets For Themselves! Thinking Through The Corruption Complex With Frantz Fanon
                                                                                                

How bad is corruption in  and what are its root causes? Leaving aside root causes for now, let me tell you a story. It was told to me in Lagos and corroborated in Warri, just two months ago. My good friend, Emenike, and I had not seen each other for three years.
By Ogaga Ifowodo

They Won't Even Build Toilets For Themselves! Thinking Through The Corruption Complex With Frantz Fanon